How To Build A Reward Framework That Works For Your Business
How To Build A Reward Framework That Works For Your BusinessA clearly defined reward framework is an essential part of a company's success; not only does it give employees more motivation to work harder and smarter, but it also aligns employee incentives with overall...
Data-Driven-Insights Are The Heroes Of An Effective TA Strategy
Why Data-Driven-Insights Are The Heroes Of An Effective Talent Acquisition Strategy With businesses prioritising investment in people, employers are continually seeking ways to improve their methods of recruiting and retaining top candidates, and data-driven-insights...
Common Mistakes Made When Developing An EVP
The first in our two-part EVP blog series discussed the Importance of Building an Effective EVP Platform: What Steps to Consider, to improve your employer brand and boost your success in finding the best talent for your business. Are you ready for the sequel?In...
Building An Effective EVP Platform: What Steps To Consider
An Employer Value Proposition (EVP) is a key aspect of a company’s attraction strategy, helping to communicate its unique benefits and culture to potential employees. This process will not only help attract the right talent but differentiates a company from its...
A Case For Sustainability And Responsibility In Talent Acquisition
Google searches for ESG have skyrocketed. The world is facing a global recession, and in such uncertain times, sustainability and social responsibility are more important than ever. That's where ESG comes in. The recent growth of ESG has prompted businesses to up the...
My PTSD Picture
A picture paint’s a thousand words, right? I must have said and heard this phrase thousands of times. For me, one glimpse at this image of myself on a breathing apparatus course would change everything in an instant. “That can’t be me. How could I have fallen so far...
Salary Benchmarking: How to Attract and Retain Top Talent
There’s no doubt that salary and reward benchmarking is an essential component of any business strategy. In today's competitive candidate market, and with salaries on the rise, no one wants to lose their best employees to better offers and packages from their...
Why An Effective Employer Brand Strategy Is A Long-Term Relationship, Not A Fling
If it’s not your goal to promote your business as an attractive employer, why not? In today’s increasingly competitive candidate market, what your existing and potential employees think of your company as a place to work is essential. What do you think they would say...
The Importance Of Pre-Onboarding: Engaging And Exciting Your New Talent Before Their First Day
After a lengthy recruitment process, you've finally found your ideal candidate, and you're ready to get them started. Onboarding is more than simply job training or employee orientation -it's the bridge that helps new hires cross the gap between them and their new...
Towards a Neurodiverse Workplace – How Your Company Could Be Missing Out on Some of the Best Talent
Neurodiversity is a somewhat new term in the workplace. Many may have heard the phrase but not fully understood its implications in the business world. This blog aims to shed some light on the topic by giving an explanation of what neurodiversity is, the benefits of a...
Supply and Demand in a post Brexit pandemic – This Could Be ‘the most expensive Christmas yet’
Supply chain issues are not a new occurrence within food, hospitality, and retail (we all remember the KFC chicken shortages of 2018). This year, because of Brexit, new visa restrictions as well as COVID-19 and new travel restrictions, delivery and logistics issues...
Benefits of Fixed Term Contracts
Fixed-term contracts can be beneficial to both employers and individuals due to the opportunities and flexibility they can offer. In Quarter 1 of 2020, as COVID-19 took hold of Europe, the economy and employment levels suffered significant shocks. As unemployment rose...
Top 10 Jobs With Talent Shortages In the UK
The UK labour market is experiencing one of the most challenging talent shortages in its recent history. Our last blog post discussed the skills shortage which is taking place within the transport and logistic professions. However, this skills shortage is found to be...
Where has the talent gone? A breakdown of the UK’s skills shortage in transport and logistics professions
The UK Transport and Logistics job market is experiencing one of its most uncertain phases in recent history. This year, transport and logistic vacancies reached their highest mark for a century. Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist at the Confederation of British...
Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace
In this blog I take you through the importance and benefits of diversity and inclusion (D&I) and then leave you with the foundations of a great strategy to move forward with. By the end you’ll have a better understanding of the key aspects of D&I and how you...
Women in STEM – How Can We Improve Gender Equality?
Women in STEM This blog will take you through some of the main reasons that women in STEM are underrepresented and the key issues women face when they do find work in STEM fields. We’ve also included some ways as a business you can improve the situation and some tips...
The Importance of Employer Branding
Employer Brand and EVP development is increasingly becoming a “must have” for any organisation looking to attract and retain great talent. The world of work is shifting on its axis. Skill shortages in areas such as Tech, Care, Financial Services and Science are now...
What’s the Point of a Recruitment Audit?
Businesses that regularly fail to review their recruitment model are likely to be repeating poor practice, wasting money and alienating candidates. If your business conducts any level of regular recruitment you should be taking the time to understand what works, what...
10 Benefits of Talent Mapping – Improve Your Talent Acquisition
What is Talent Mapping? Talent Mapping is a powerful recruitment strategy that is often used in tandem with Talent Pipeline. Forward thinking recruitment teams use Talent Mapping to ensure they never sacrifice their quality of hire just to quickly fill a role. The...
Press Release: Cogito secure 12 month extension with ASM Assembly Systems
For the third straight year, Cogito have been appointed as the exclusive recruitment partner to ASM Assembly Systems (ASM) in the UK. Since 2019, Cogito has evolved the ways in which ASM attracts the niche skilled talent critical to its business performance and...
